It's not a great first episode, but it's definitely a promising start. And (almost)Dr. Frankenstein is a woman, which is perhaps the actual thing needed to make Mary Shelley's novel fresh. You know, instead of endless supernatural monsters and man angst. The Pemberley team have done a great job in adapting both Pride and Prejudice and Emma while both keeping the core of the stories as well as giving the fans what they want.